List of massacres in Pakistan
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A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group. A massacre may be indiscriminate or highly methodical in application. A massacre is a single event, though it may occur during the course of an extended military campaign or war. A massacre is separate from a battle (an event in which opposing sides fight), but may follow in its immediate aftermath, when one side has surrendered or lost the ability to fight, yet the victors persist in killing their opponents.
Massacres
[edit]| Name/Place | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qasba Aligarh massacre | 14 December 1986 | Orangi town | 400+ | By Tribal Pashtuns | [1] |
| 2003 Quetta mosque bombing | 4 July 2003 | Jumah Prayers shiya mosque | 53 | By Lashkar e Jhangvi | [2] |
| Pearl Continental hotel bombing | 9 June 2009 | Peshawar | 17 | By Fedayeen al-Islam | [3] |
| 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre | 28 May 2010 | Lahore | 86 | By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | [4][5] |
| June 2013 Pakistan bombings | 30 June 2013 | Quetta | 52 | One attack near a Muslim mosque in Hazara Town, Quetta in which at least 28 people killed. Another attack near the Badhaber Police Station in Peshawar in which 18 people killed. Other in a check post in Miranshah, North Waziristan in which four security officers were killed. | [6] |
| 2014 Peshawar school massacre | 16 December 2014 | Army Public School Peshawar | 148 | By Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | [7] |
| 2015 Karachi bus shooting | May 13, 2015 | Safoora Goth | 45+ | By Jundallah | [8] |
| 2016 Punjab sweet poisoning | 20 April to 8 May 2016 | District Layyah, Punjab | 33 | Least 33 people, including five children, died after eating a purposely poisoned laddu, a baked confection. A sweet shop owner, Khalid Mahmood, confessed to mixing the pesticide into the sweets after an argument with his brother and co-owner | |
| 2017 Sargodha shrine massacre | April 1, 2017 | 95 Shomaali, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan | 20 died 3 injured. | ||
| Sahiwal killings | January 19, 2019 | Highway, Sahiwal | 4 | By CTD Punjab |
See also
[edit]- List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
- Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016
- 2019 Ghotki riots
- 2014 Larkana temple attack
- 2009 Gojra riots
References
[edit]- ^ Shafique, Khurram Ali (ed.). "1986: Orangi killings". The Chronicle of Pakistan. Republic of Rumi. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
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- ^ "Suicide attack on Pakistani hotel". BBC. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ "Clarification - 86 Ahmadis died in the Lahore attacks | Islam Ahmadiyya". Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis". Human Rights Watch. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Bombs Kill 49 Amid UK PM's Visit To Pakistan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ "Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage". DNA India. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Abbas, Munira (14 May 2015). "Safora massacre death toll rises to 45 as Ismaili community say their last goodbyes". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
